continued fraction

noun Mathematics.

a fraction whose denominator contains a fraction whose denominator contains a fraction, and so on.

Origin of continued fraction

First recorded in 1860–65

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British Dictionary definitions for continued fraction

continued fraction

noun

a number plus a fraction whose denominator contains a number and a fraction whose denominator contains a number and a fraction, and so on

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